These Local Cops Still Think Cannabis Is A High Priority

In the UK, there are far more serious problems for police officers to deal with than cannabis. In fact, many constabularies have publicly stated that they are making cannabis use a low priority, lower even than getting cats out of trees. But in at least one town, the police are making sure the public knows that they are still cracking down on personal pot use.

Hardliners support the intolerance

At least one group has applauded the police force in Gloucestershire. Drugs charity The Nelson Trust deals with helping addicts of all sorts. Tessa Webb of the group made a statement.

We want society to be completely drug-free. The people that come to us often have addictions to more than one drug as well as alcohol. With drugs one can quite easily lead to another.

Most of our clients have experimented with all of them. It can be a vicious circle. We work with the police to help people and understand they are under-resourced but we are an abstinence charity and don’t think there should be any drugs in society.

Class B cannabis

As a class B drug, cannabis can get you the following penalties in the UK. Class B drugs include cannabis, amphetamines, barbituates, codeine, cathinones (including mephedrone) and synthetic cannabinoids. It was upgraded to class B in 2009 from the lesser category of class C drugs, which include anabolic steroids and tranquilizers.

Mind you, that while these other constabularies are becoming more lenient towards personal use, they are not going to be going easy on those who use in front of children and schools, or those who distribute and cultivate.

These cultivation sites are taken very seriously as they can often involve vulnerable people being forced to grow cannabis against their will.